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The Society For Useful Knowledge
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Author : Jonathan Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-06-11
The Society For Useful Knowledge written by Jonathan Lyons and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-11 with History categories.
Benjamin Franklin and his contemporaries brought the Enlightenment to America-an intellectual revolution that laid the foundation for the political one that followed. With the “first Drudgery” of settling the American colonies now past, Franklin announced in 1743, it was time the colonists set about improving the lot of humankind through collaborative inquiry. From Franklin's idea emerged the American Philosophical Society, an association hosted in Philadelphia and dedicated to the harnessing of man's intellectual and creative powers for the common good. The animus behind the society was and is a disarmingly simple one-that the value of knowledge is directly proportional to its utility. This straightforward idea has left a profound mark on American society and culture and on the very idea of America itself-and through America, on the world as a whole. From celebrated historian of ideas Jonathan Lyons comes The Society for Useful Knowledge, telling the story of America's coming-of-age through its historic love affair with practical invention, applied science, and self-reliance. Offering fresh insights into such figures as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, and the inimitable, endlessly inventive Franklin, Lyons gives us a vital new perspective on the American founding. He illustrates how the movement for useful knowledge is key to understanding the flow of American society and culture from colonial times to the present day.
The Society For Useful Knowledge
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Author : Jonathan Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-06-11
The Society For Useful Knowledge written by Jonathan Lyons and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-11 with History categories.
A spellbinding, rich history of the American Enlightenment--think 1776 meets The Metaphysical Club
The Penny Cyclopaedia Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge
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Author : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
language : en
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Release Date : 1842
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The Penny Magazine Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge
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language : en
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Release Date : 1837
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The Penny Cyclopedia Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge
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Author : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
language : en
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Release Date : 1835
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The Biographical Dictionary Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge
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Author : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
language : en
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Release Date : 1843
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The Penny Magazine Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge
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Author : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
language : en
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Release Date : 1837
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The Penny Magazine Of The Society For The Duffusion Of Useful Knowledge
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Release Date : 1837
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Penny Cyclopaedia Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge
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language : en
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Release Date : 1851
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The Biographical Dictionary Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge Ed By G Long
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Author : Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge
language : en
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Release Date : 1843
The Biographical Dictionary Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge Ed By G Long written by Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1843 with categories.